Curtain-fixture.



ms-7,743. PATUNTED JUNE 25, 1907.

' G. P. LIVBSAY.

' CURTAIN FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 3, 1905.

UNITED sTATns PATENT OFFIOE.

GENTRY F. LIVESAY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGN OR OF ONE-THIRD TOJAMES S. LIVESAY, AN D ONE-THIRD TO RUSSELL D. BUSH, OF CERESCO,

NEBRASKA.

CURTAIN- Specification of Letters Patent.

FIXTURE.

Application led February 3, 1905. Serial No. 243,997.

To all whom, it perry concern:

Beit known that I, GENTRY F. LIvEsAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Curtain-Fixtures, of which the following is aspecification. This invention is an improved construction of curtainfixture, the object being to provide means whereby a curtain as a wholecan be adjusted vertically with reference to the window frame so thatlight can be permitted to enter the room, either above or below or bothabove and below, the curtain, said curtain being arranged to be rolledand unrolled independent of the vertical movement of the curtain as awhole.

With these objects in view, the invention consists in the novel featuresof construction, combinationl and arrangement, all of which will befully described hereinafter and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of the specification Figure 1 is a faceview of a window provided With a curtain hung by means of my improvedconstruction of fixture. Fig. 2 is an end view of the curtain roller andthe movable bracket in which said end is journaled. Fig. 3 is a verticalsectional view of the same. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4-4of Fig. 8, looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 5 is a detailperspective view of the elevating cord guide. Fig. 6 is a sectional viewof the same.

Referring to the drawing, A indicates the window and B, the windowframe, which are of the usual or any approved construction. Guide blocksC, of metal porcelain or any other suitable material, are secured to thetop of the window frame adjacent the opposite ends and passing throughsaid guides are the elevating cords D, which have brackets E, connectedto their lower ends and journaled in said brackets are the ends of theroller F, carrying the curtain G. The roller F, is reduced at theopposite ends as shown y j When the curtain is pulled down, these cordsare wound upon the reduced ends of the pole, weights I, being carriedupon the lower ends of said cords for the purpose of keeping them alwaystaut. A ring or other suitable form of handle K, is attached to thebottom strip of the curtain and by means of which it can be unrolledfrom the roller when it is desired to unroll the curtain. The eXtremeendof the' roller is formed into a pintle F2 which passes through anopening E2 in the bracket E and is secured in place by means of a screwE.

In operation the curtain as a whole is raised or lowered by manipulatingthe raising and lowering cords H, which are normally fastened to a cleatL attached to the side of the window. After the curtain has been raisedor lowered as a whole to the desired point, the curtain proper can berolled or unrolled by pulling upon the cords H or upon the handle K orthe cords H.

It will thus be seen that I provide an eX- ceedingly cheap, simple andeasily operated construction of fixture by means of which the curtain asa whole can be adjusted to permit light to enter either above or below,or both above and below the curtain.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A curtain fixture comprising a roller having a curtain connectedthereto, the ends of said rollen being reduced and provided with pintlesmounted in disk shaped brackets provided with perforated lugs, thepintles being secured therein by screws, cap shaped guide blocks securedto the frame, provided with oppositely arranged openings, cords passingthrough said blocks, connected to the perforated lugs of the brackets,and cords connected. to the reduced ends of the roller adapted to workbetween the shoulder of the roller and the bracket, and provided withweights at their free ends, as set forth.

2. A curtain fixture comprising av roller having a curtain connectedthereto, the ends of said roller being reduced, the cords connected toand wound upon the reduced portions and having Weights at their lowerends, the extreme ends ofthe roller being provided With pintles, thedisk shaped brackets in Which the pntles are ournaled together Withmeans for fastening the pintles in said brackets, the elevating cordsconnected to said brackets and the cap shaped guide blocks attaohed tothe Window frame provided 'With openings and through which the elevatingcords pass, substantially as described.

GENTRY F. LIVESAY. Witnesses:

JEAN KEIRSEY, W. H. KEIRSEY.

